--- Rhong Dhong wrote: > Mel Gibson? A 50 year-old husband and father; a > savvy actor and producer, deeply committed to his > religion. He has a juvenile mentality? > I know that Jews have been smearing him ever since > he had the gall to make a movie about the founder of > his religion, but I'm sorry to see you joining in.
I'm sorry to see anyone repeating this lame defense. Age does not always come with maturity, and "juvenile mentality" is at least somewhat more flattering than "racist". Mel Gibsons anti-Semitic rant caused uproar not simply because hes supposed to be a "mature" celebrity, was no longer an alcoholic, and so on - but largely because of this very lame defense that he fell back on, which you repeat: that criticism for 'The Passion Of The Christ' was the real problem. Huh? That is simply not a viable defense in light of how he gained his wealth and popularity. In all his hero-themed movies, mostly financed by the movie industry - even Mad Max, the Patriot, Braveheart, and so on - he is playing the hero of a group who were wronged by a dominating majority. There are surely lots of Brits who didn't like the inferences made by William Wallace towards their oppression of Scotland (nor having to bung-view an upturned kilt) but Mel didn't rant on the many Brits who criticized that movie. That says volumes about this silly defense of having been "smeared". Where is this so-called smear, other than in a racist (juvenile) mentality? This is like Wynona Ryder saying she shoplifted because the owners of Saks didn't like her films. It doesn't work that way. She did it because it was her cheap thrill and Mel did it because he apparently retains some vestige of being "trained" as a closet-racist - he was apparently raised that way. Yes, in both cases, no matter what the age is - this lapse is indicative of a lack of maturity. Ever since his own father made remarks that the Holocaust was mostly fiction, and echoes from his misbegotten youth started appearing in the press, there had been speculation that there was a deeper problem with anti-Semites in Gibson, which he had not been able to overcome, even at his age and social status. His father also believed that Jews were trying to take over the world in some kind of nebulous conspiracy, and some of this paternal garbage has got to rub off on any kid - but it is no excuse at age 50 to have not "gotten over it". By the time you are fifty and owe most of your considerable wealth and success to the very Jewish-named businessmen who control some of the movie industry (few are practicing any religion other than self-indulgence) you could at least have the courtesy to rant on something that has been UNFAIR to you and not repeat lies told to you in your youth by a misguided parent. Jones
